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Skiing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

What exactly is it about Britons that makes us so good at hurtling down an icy drainpipe? | Zoe Williams

Skeleton provides a calming, timing-focused Winter Olympic spectacle with straightforward viewing cues and notable British dominance.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Winter Olympics briefing: Great Britain are on a golden roll as records tumble

Great Britain secured two historic Winter Olympic golds: its first snow gold in mixed team snowboard cross and the inaugural skeleton mixed team title.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Bankes and Nightingale win mixed team snowboard cross for GB's first Olympic gold on snow

Great Britain won its first Winter Olympic snow gold as Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale claimed mixed team snowboard cross gold in Livigno.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Matt Weston slides to skeleton gold as Team GB finally win medal at Winter Olympics

The 28-year-old broke the track record at the Cortina Sliding Centre four times in the space of four races, and won in a final combined time of 3min 43.33sec, almost a full second ahead of the runner-up, Germany's Axel Jungk. Weston is the first British man ever to win the Olympic skeleton title. And he did it all despite starting the year with a four-inch tear in his right quad that meant he had to miss pre-season training.
World news
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Team GB's Winter Olympics medal wait goes on after agonising curling defeat

Great Britain finished fourth in mixed doubles curling after losing the bronze medal to Italy, leaving the team without a Winter Olympics medal.
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

Whiston wins medley gold as GB break world record

Brock Whiston won SM8 200m individual medley gold, and Great Britain set a world record in the mixed S14 4x100m medley relay.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Cameron Norrie seals Great Britain's place in 2026 Davis Cup qualifiers

Cameron Norrie's 6-4, 6-4 win over Olaf Pieczkowski secured Great Britain's place in next year's Davis Cup qualifiers.
Running
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Duplantis, humidity and Gout Gout: what to look out for at World Athletics Championships

Major athletics championships feature evening track finals for UK viewers, British medal contenders include Hodgkinson, Kerr and Hudson-Smith, amid extreme heat affecting distance events.
E-Commerce
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Elon Musk's Tesla applies to supply electricity to households in Great Britain

Tesla plans to launch a household electricity supplier in Great Britain, applying for an electricity supply licence from Ofgem.
fromwww.bbc.com
6 months ago

Boulter, Kartal and Raducanu in GB team for BJK Cup

Great Britain captain Anne Keothavong has named a strong line-up for the Billie Jean King Cup, featuring top-ranked players like Katie Boulter and Emma Raducanu.
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